How to deal with an indecisive creative director

01/09/2025 9 min
How to deal with an indecisive creative director

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Episode Synopsis

Ever had to deal with a creative director or CEO who kept changing their mind? In this post I’m talking about exactly this situation. I’ll give tips and techniques to reduce the frequency and impact of all the changes, so you can keep the ball rolling and ship your game.

Tips to reduce frequency include: changing how you respond to feedback; getting the creative director more involved in the day-to-day; identifying which types of things are changing and leveraging that knowledge; stakeholder accountability. Tips to reduce impact include: going back to prototyping; recognising that this is a hard decision; changing something in your game. And I’ll also go into what to do if none of the tips work.

After listening to this post you’ll feel confident to tackle the problem head on and as a result will be much happier about the direction of your game.

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Jenn’s Generally Good Game Production Advice: How to deal with an indecisive creative director

00:00 Preamble
01:04 Question & First Thoughts
01:43 Where to Start
02:45 Tips to Reduce Frequency
06:25 Tips to Reduce Impact
07:39 When All Else Fails
08:34 Conclusion

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